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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Atsuko Mukae" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atsukomukae1@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 13:12:31 -0700
Subject: PLEASE QUICK WE MUST MAKE CONTACT

Send greeting to you. My name is Ms, Atsuko Mukae. I 22 year from sendai Japan . The daughter only of late parent Mr. and Mrs. Kuboyama Mukae.

My father in international do business very good in gold. My father die in tsunami march.
My father have mistresses and childrens of mistresses.My father mistressses are children of men and children of women die. My only father brother in Tokyo fight to money and estate of my father from me here at japan, father brother difficult because of I a woman and very sickness. A Will of my father he leave but a Will is not proper. And a Will already know by everybody so cannot change a Will.

But a money and gold I only know because the story my father did not tell before he die. The gold (394kg) gold bar plus dust he keep with my name second in security company location at Ghana where he buy in gold mines and money in a security bank at ghana with receipt to me for care . It is money of USA dollar ($28,600,000.00). Quick, I must do the transfer of money and clearance of gold. I must do so my father brother cannot know of money and fight to me and remove money and gold.

I bring the money plus gold now to you. I want put my money and gold sale to business at your country for story my father tell before he die at your country business good and security for me, I want a good and a trust person. A man or a woman I want.

I give thankful of 15%. But a discussion of thankful money if not good to you. ok?

Please transmit a message to me quickly to atsukomukae1@yahoo.cn with your telephone number, fax, name plus father name so I connect.

Thankful
Ms. Atsuko Mukae

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